Welcome to the wonderful world of banging drums! Santa, bless his heart, delivered a Muppet Babies drum set to our five year old...that was twenty years ago...and a few years later, replaced it with a REAL junior set, which inevitably was replaced with a REAL full sized set, which was added on to a piece at a time, until our basement was covered with drums.Words to remember: you get used to it, but don't ever try to listen to an Alison Krauss cd when the drumming begins. And don't let him drum after 9pm, or the police will be knocking on your door. Trust me.